Gina Takes A Seat and Shares With Us Her Thoughts!

Hello Readers,

Today we have the wonderful, Superhero like publisher own Gina Cianfarani. She is the owner of XoXo Publishing and she is the one, who is leading the way in different genres, different themes and she is owed a hugs set of thank yous for giving me my voice so that you all could here my stories.  If that wasn't even she is jaw dropping beautiful and a Wrestling fan to boot. So without further a do, lets give a warm welcome to Gina  Cianfarani!

KM-- What effect do you believe the Wrestling world has on the Romance world?

GC-- Like any new genre it will either take it by storm or take time to develop into a new kind of romance genre that the public likes to read.


KM-- Do you believe that our Romance Readers will go wild over the young hot Wrestlers?

GC-- I think it is subjective. Not everyone enjoys or watches wrestling so it’s more of a love and hate relationship. I personally enjoy watching wrestling, and was a fan of The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) in his earlier days and now he’s one of my favourite actors. So is John Cena. I like Randy Orton, Mysterio, Edge and many others. I like the fact they support the library associations, a worthwhile cause to help literacy with their own Wrestlemania Reading Challenge World Finals. In fact this year we had a Canadian young man in the top three.
Grades 5-6: Eric Jose of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Grades 7-8: Marinna Vela of Zillah, Wa
Grades 9-12: Brandy Eggleston of Durham, N.C. USA.


KM-- Wow that is impressive. 
KM -- What do you think of the Wrestling Fictional theme books that are starting to be published into the Romance and Writing world?

GC-- We’re one of the first small presses introducing the wrestling and martial arts theme as an actual genre. I think it will take off once word gets out. Authors need to promote more and understand The Art of Self Promotions. A book which is to be released this Spring in ebook, CD and paperback.

KC--  What is the hardest part of running a Wrestling and Romance genre?

GC -- There really is no specific hard part, in this particular genre. It is up to the author to create a work of art with words. It is the author's story and they have something to tell and the story has to take hold of the readers' attention.  If the story is well written it should be well received by fans.
KC -- Now onto some Wrestling Fan Questions . . .If you had a choice to ask any question you would like to the following: Matt Hardy (Cold Blooded), Shane Helms (Hurricane Helms), Randy Orton or Wade Barrett, who would you choose?

GC -- Well seeing as you haven’t mentioned any of my favourites listed above I'd have to choose Randy Orton.

KM-- Who do you think has the most romantic side in the Wrestling world right now?

GC-- LOL, well romance doesn’t really mix with current die hard wrestling fans! However, there are people who do use the wrestling world and martial arts for adult role play.

KM-- What do you think of Chris Jericho on Dancing With The Stars?

GC-- I watched Dancing With the Stars just for him. I love CJ, I wish I was the one dancing with him. Did you watch his moves ;)


KM-- Who do you think is the best looking in the Wrestling Industry right now?

GC-- I'd have to go with the favourites I listed above. And maybe a few others . . .

KM-- Now for some fun questions from the Romance Readers . . .What do you do to relax after a long day?

GC-- I read romances. I enjoy reading the Blaze and Spice line.


KM-- What is your favourite television show right now?

GC-- Dancing with the Stars and wrestling, of course.

KM-- What is the must see film for you right now?

GC-- Honestly, I haven’t seen one in a while.

KM-- What is your must attend event for you this year?

GC-- I have too many to list but they’re mostly all book signings, books fairs and conventions.


KM-- What are your must attend events for next year?

GC-- The Canadian Booksellers Association Expo, The Canadian Authors Association Convention and Book Expo America.


KM-- Are you looking for wrestling and marital art manuscripts?

GC-- Yes we are! Please submit your full manuscripts to: penny@xoxopublishing.com

With the subject line: Wrestling and Martial Art Submissions


KM-- How do we contact XoXo Publishing?

GC-- We are very active in various social networking sites and you may find us at any or all of the following:

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KM-- I hope these questions are fun and not too hard for you.

GC-- Yes thank you Kristal for interviewing me I had a great time  answering your questions. I hope to be invited for a visit soon ;) Keep on writing those wrestling themed novellas and novels.

Gina xoxo


Well that was the Super hot and very intelligent Gina Cianfarani. We will have her back when she releases her Self Art of Promotions book in the near future and maybe have her back for a further interview into, who is Gina Cianfarani. So stay tuned readers. Tomorrow we have the H2H and XPac promotional blog then on Thursday I will be taking the hot seat to answer the same questions that I have been asking our guests so stay tuned for that! 


Kristal McKerrington 

Wrestling Week Line Up!

Hello Readers,

Boy do I have a week and a half for you! I have lined up some of the best on offer for our Wrestling Week. We will have interviews, promotions, excerpts and much more. CONTEST all week too and it is really simple to win. The best comment during the week will win any book they want from my backlist. So without further a do here is a list of the events we will be hosting on Wrestling Week.

• Monday 17/04 We have the Sweet and Sexy L. Anne Carrington 

• Tuesday 18/04 We have the Wonderful, Super Smart she should be a superhero Gina C.

• Wednesday 19/04 We will have the Promotional Blog telling you about H2H and Xpac's Show on Cowhead TV

•  Thursday 20/04  We have the fans Intreview with me, Kristal McKerrington 

More to be announced that is the line up so far! Stay tuned for more information! 

The Viking Mystery......

Hello Readers,

Here is a taste of my Writing talents as I put together the first EVER Murder Mystery/ Horror I have ever written and this is for someone I love to bits.  So sit back and enjoy. Huge hugs all. PLEASE MIND and check me out on the 12th with Marty over at Tony Angelo's Radio Station show 'Robin Falls Kids- Dreams of Our Children With Tony Angelo'. 

Dedicated

I decate this short Story to someone I love to pieces, Annette and to my wonderful boyfriend Ian.

Foreword

'My 1^st ever Murder, Mystery/ Horror Short Story. I hope you like it'.

Kristal McKerrington

Sherry awoke on the cold wooden floor boards of, which smelt of pee, stale booze and something that reminded her of the city rubbish dump. Sherry kept her eyes held tightly shut, too scared to open them as her senses searched about her.

All that Sherry could sense was the old wooden floor board beneath her, the strange smells and the feeling like she was being watched. Sherry couldn't hear anything at all around her, no traffic, no sounds of anyone near her. It was that small fact that made her feel safe enough to open her eyes.

When she did let her eyes slide open, she was blinded by the Sun streaming in through the gap between what looked like World War Two curtains. Everything other then the light was blurry as Sherry's eyes started to refocus slowly.

Sherry though was about to wish she hadn't opened her eyes as she saw a pale white body in nurses scrubs laying in a mangled positing on the floor infront of her. A scream tried to rip out of throat, but nothing came. She was all screamed out. There wasn't even a trace of her voice left.

Finding some scrap of hope, Sherry crawled towards the mangled body, hoping that she might still be alive. Rolling the body over and moving the hair out of the body's face, Sherry saw the woman's last ever look of nothing, but pure terror. The crusted blood in the body's hair, the puncture wound in her neck long since had stopped bleeding and the shot sword was laying low in her stomach told Sherry that the body had certainly not had a pain less death.

Sherry's emotions all built up fast as tears broke the banks of her all ready swollen eyes. Fear started to over take her as she closed the woman's eyes for her.

Trying to move over to the window was when Sherry felt the tug of the iron shackle that was attached to her ankle. The black rusty shackle dug and tore into her ankle like a wild dog. Panicking Sherry even further as she pulled and tore at it with all her strength, but it made no difference to it. She was unable to even shift it.

Closing her eyes, Sherry sobbed endlessly knowing that there was no way to escape. All her reporting, all those cases she was solving she had done for the police had gotten nothing, but kidnapped by the brutal murders, who were running repent through Inverness. This was to be Sherry's last story.

She was trying to help the police bring down the group, who called themselves 'The Last Vikings'. They were targeting the English and Foreigner settlers of Inverness. It was the English and the Foreigners that they blamed for destroying Scotland and for destroying their Viking heritage.

Looking at the name tag on the body, Sherry worked out that the nurse was from Essex, England. It was then her stomach turned and Sherry staggered an fell over to the black bucket in the back of the room, which was right next to where her chain was connected to the wall.

After heaving for the third time, Sherry finally sat back against the wall. Sherry panted endlessly against the burning of her throat as the want for this to end started to raise up from deep within her. The want for this to end was so powerful it made drugs look like candy.

Glancing around the room one more time, Sherry searched for something to give her hope. That was when she eyed her bag, poking out from behind the table leg of this massive wooden table that was set infront of an old fireplace. The table was the single piece of furniture in the whole room.

Scrabbling, crawling and falling Sherry made her way over to her bag, where she dumped the contents into her lap so not to draw attention to the fact she had come too. Everything was there bare her mobile phone. Sherry let out a screech of frustration as she placed her hand to her head. It was there that she felt a hot liquid come in contract with her freezing cold hand.

Removing her hand, Sherry saw her own blood covering her hand. Seeing her own blood caused Sherry to look up in fear of throwing up again. That was when Sherry saw a message on the wall in big bold letters. She wasn't sure what they had use to write it, but there in a red colour was 'We will kill to protect Scotland, if only someone had protected us. We will end the foreigners before they destroy our Scotland.'

All around the wall were smaller pieces of writing. Very slowly taking her newly re-stuffed bag, Sherry made her way towards the wall where she saw loads of different handwritten messages in black ink. Messages were all different from 'Help,' 'I'm Innocent' to 'please let me go' were decorating around it with dates written below those messages by the same hand as the one who wrote the big central messages.

The journalism side of Sherry suddenly kicked in as she took photo's of the wall. Before she made a shaky goodbye message entry into her Video camera before she crawled over to the wall by the fireplace where she looked for a place to stash it.

Moving her hand over the brick wall, Sherry felt and tested the stones and bricks till she found a lose one. When she pulled it free it was then that she saw loads of notes and photo's. Sherry had a gut twisting and sicking feeling that these were from the killers other victims. Dragging them out Sherry shoved them into her bag before she shoved her bag right to the back of the hole. She made enough room for the Camera to see out.

It was then that Sherry heard a noise so she pushed hard to put the stone back in before crawling as fast as she could back to the spot where she had woken up as quickly as she could. When the door opened and spilled more light into the room it was then that Sherry saw the head detective that she had been helping solve all the cases come in with three other men, dressed in the old Viking traditional wear. They slammed the door shut behind them and Sherry knew all was lost.

Sherry might have lost her life that day, but what she had done in the mire minutes before he death, saved the lives of many men and women. The police were able to identity the circle of the Viking murders from the Video and the detective was finally stopped.

Sherry will never be forgotten for her bravery.

The End...........

Christmas News

Hello all readers,


Well its Christmas time, we have achieved alot this year.Somethings we didn't manage, but you know me I will keep my head up and will keep fighting on till I do. I have listed what I hope to do in the coming year. Yes I have all ready made plans on what I want to do. You as my readers, will properly all ready know that I do this, new readers then you will learn soon enough I plan everything.

First of Here is the List of what we have achieved this year.

1. We have have finished 14 pieces!
2. We have 3 books out.
3. We have 3 pieces out soon.
4. We are halfway through one of the 7 series I'm working on.
5. We became Published with XOXO Publishing.
6. We started our own show. (promise more shows)
7. We have alot more people paying attention what we are trying to achieve.


It might be just 7 things, but we are just starting this road so we will soon be looking back and thinking to ourselves for just doing 7 things within a year is pretty relaxed. Heck it would be awesome to look back and think 'yeah I could do 7 things a year again'.

Things I HOPE to achieve in 2011.

1. I would like to start donating 10% of my Royalties of the 'A Different Life Series' to Matt Hardy's Omega School of Wrestling.

2. Making head way towards changing the Health Policies for the Wrestlers out there.

3. I really hope to meet my 4 wrestling ideals, Shane Helms, Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy and Amy Dumas.

4. Be making my way towards having my 'baby' series into a film.

5. Working with a couple of authors on some books together.

6. Seeing more of my work out on Amazon, in print and available to everyone

7. Seeing my show doing better and getting a weekly slot going.

(Can anyone think of a name?)

8. To go to at least 1 XOXO Publishing Event.

9. To have made you all have a year that you can really remember.


That is the things I would like to achieved next year. I know I'm setting the bar quite high, some of you are properly saying. 'That is just dreaming', but with me you never know what I'm going to achieve. I'm someone who has fought the odds for years so this will be no different.


I hope to hold more authors on my Blog Site next year too, cause I don't want to be an author who doesn't help others. *Yeah that is not me* I help everyone. Even if your not an author then I would be honoured to host you, aka if you do something in entertainment.


SO lets get our loud voices out cause we are going to have to scream our heads off to make sure that these things are happening for US. Everyone of you who reads this 'You might not comment', but I know your reading. I'm a Twitter spy remember, lol.


Thank you, I would never be a author if it wasn't for you and I wouldn't still be writing if it wasn't for you.

FOR THE RECORD I'm NOT A DIRT SHEET WRITER! I know some of you have wondered that since I have written a 'Christmas Special' that is to do with Wrestling/Romance and a Writers life. Really I'm not a dirt sheet writer and I never read them, because its nearly always crap. lol.

Take care,

Merry Christmas all,

Have a great 2011

---------------------------------SPECIAL MESSAGE TO PEOPLE BELOW--------------------------------

I would like to take the time to 'PUSH' a few people.

Check out Gina C's new self Promotion book coming soon on XOXO Publishing, Christian McKee who is doing some amazing work in Paranormal genre.

I would like to 'PLUG' a couple of shows that are getting their feet off of the group. Check out 'Highway 2 Helms' and 'The Hardy Show', their worth watching honestly, they really make me want to keep on fighting with this dream.

Check out Drea's book 'My Wish For Christmas Is You' that books for charity so mind to take a look at that when you have a chance, if you need links then comment below and I will post them there.

I want to at lastly promote 'Amy "Lita" Dumas's' Ebay store for all those WWE/WWF/Wrestling fans who like her. Check her out on Ebay now.

I think that is it. Take care and Authors email me if you want to catch up.

------------------------------------END OF SPECIAL MESSAGE-------------------------------------

I love you all,

Your Author

Kristal McKerrington.

Am Being Spotlighted This Week

Hello Readers,

Thank you for all being patient with me, because I haven't been well and dealing with alot of family stuff so thank you for giving me the time to do just that.  Right now am working on a few stories and series that will be fun for you.  We still have 9 pieces coming out and we have a wonderful set of stuff going on for you to get involved in, while am working away at 'NaNoWrMo' send loads of Muses my way.

I will post the blurb to that story on here later on.

Check me out at the Spotlight for a Week here. The Highlanders are running wild. Take care. Loads of love to you all.

http://www.chicksofcharacterization.blogspot.com/


Kristal McKerrington.

Halloween Anthology Review. 5/5

Halloween Anthology Review.

5/5

By

Kristal McKerrington.

The Halloween Anthology that was recently brought out by XOXO Publishing shows a great mix of favours of really scary stuff to a tough love that will have you hanging on every word. The mixture of Poetry and short stories is something else.

From the Talented Authors such as Sandy Sullivan who has a way with words as she leads her readers through quite a ride to Tim Spearman who always gets your mind racing with his masterful talent of words. To Brianna Martini who bring her own creative brilliance to the page. This book has been set up for not just my Keepers Folder, but into my all time favourites list.

Its a book you don't want to pass up and it deserves it 5 Stars rating for its abilities to get a reader going! I recommend it to all of my readers!

Kristal McKerrington.

Tina Is Here With Me Today For A Hot Insight Into Her Latest Book.

Hello Readers,

I would like you all to give a warm welcome to Tina who is joining us here today.

1. Tell us a little about your latest work and tell us about yourself.

My erotic romance In His Arms was released last month. To give you an idea of the story, here’s the blurb:

Owned by one man, loved by another. . .

Abducted and delivered into sexual slavery, Lori has surrendered her will in order to survive. For more than a decade, she’s been known as Summer, a lovely submissive, her owner’s possession until he gives her to his newest lieutenant, a mysterious man called RJ. Commanding and virile, RJ dominates without cruelty and possesses without threat, engendering a mixture of safety and passion. In his strong arms, Summer enjoys carnal pleasure she’s never known and tenderness she’s craved. In his heated gaze, she experiences a sense of recognition she doesn’t immediately understand until it proves dangerous in a way she could never have imagined. Bound by desire and their growing love, RJ traverses the shadowy world of human trafficking, risking all for Summer’s freedom only to learn she harbors a fateful secret that threatens to tear her from him, leading to an irrevocable event that risks both their lives.

And my bio:

Tina Donahue is a multi–published novelist in contemporary, historical and erotic romance. Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, Romantic Times and numerous online sites have praised her work; she has reached finals and /or placed in numerous RWA–sponsored contests. She was the editor of an award–winning Midwestern newspaper, worked in Story Direction for a Hollywood production company, and is currently the Managing Editor for a global business document concern.

Email: tina@tinadonahue.com

Website/blog: www.tinadonahue.com

Twitter: http://twitter.com/tinadonahue

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000458023097

2. What Inspired This Piece or Pieces?

The idea for In His Arms came to me one night while I was watching the news. Yet another young woman had gone missing and her parents were frantic, fearful that she’d been abducted and sold into sexual slavery. When I saw other features about how prevalent this is in our society, the plot for In His Arms took hold.

3. What do you look forward to the most as an Author?

Living with my characters. I simply love them. At times, they’re more real to me than the people I know.  I so enjoy laughing with them, and when things go badly, I’m right there, crying for them.

4. What do you Imagine the most and it never seems to happen?

Winning the lottery? 

Seriously though, it would be nice to have romance novels taken seriously. It’s exceedingly difficult to write a story that makes a reader laugh, cry and sigh. Romance has gotten a bad rap as ‘fluff’ or ‘women’s porn’. Nothing could be further from the truth.

5. What's your ultimate fantasy?

Being able to quit my day job and write full time. That would be heaven.

6. What would be the hardest genre for you to write in if you had to choose one?

Probably sci-fi that’s really technical. I don’t like reading those types of works and I would imagine that the research involved would be daunting.

7. What can we look forward to in the future for your writing?

I’ll continue to write erotic contemporary romances, because I enjoy the genre so much. However, I’m also moving into paranormal romance. My novel The Yearning is being released from Samhain in February 2011. I might also try my hand at urban fantasy.

8. If you could choose a country to tour, which one would you choose?

Spain. I wrote an historical romance Just One Kiss that took place in medieval Cordoba. During my research, I fell in love with the country.

9. Out of All of your Books and Stories, which is your favourite?

I’d have to say my latest – In His Arms. It’s moved me the most. No matter how many times I read the end, I still cry. It’s also received absolutely terrific reviews. Here are a few:

Brandé at Book Junkie gave it FIVE flowers and wrote: “Love it, couldn’t put it down. From the first pages of IN THIS ARMS by Tina Donahue I was captivated, more like ensnared, actually commandeering every fiber of my heart and taking it for one heck of a wild ride!”

The Romance Studio gave it FIVE hearts and wrote: “This was a seriously sexy, heartbreaking yet heartwarming contemporary erotic romance. If you are looking for a must-read modern narrative pick this one up.”

It received FIVE teacups from HEA reviews where the reviewer wrote: “This book is so intense it had my attention from the very beginning. It’s a book worth reading more than once.”

TwoLips Reviews gave it FIVE lips and a Recommended Read. The reviewer wrote in part: “In His Arms is a deeply emotional, heart-wrenching story about one young woman among many taken from their loving families and forced into sexual slavery devoid of the basic human rights, freedom and the pursuit of happiness as written in our constitution. Tina Donahue stretches the boundaries to write a story so moving it will touch your soul.”

Other stellar reviews can be found at this link: http://www.tinadonahue.com/reviews/

10. If one of your Characters or Hero's could be brought to life, which one would you choose?

RJ from In His Arms. He captured my heart from the first pages.

If you want to add an excerpt or a blurb then please paste them below and if you would like a book cover on here then please copy and paste that in here as well.

Here’s an excerpt from Chapter One for In His Arms—when Summer first sees RJ:

Two sharp raps hit the front door. At the sound, Summer turned her head, her heart twisting slightly as it always did as these evenings began.

Hogan placed his glass next to an antique lamp with a frilly gold shade, looked through the peephole and turned the deadbolt.

Flinching at the noise, Summer admonished herself, allowing no other reaction. Her face a mask of compliance, her mind resigned to whatever happened, she glanced up from the knob as Hogan swung the door open.

In the hall stood the man who’d spend the evening with her.

Involuntarily, her pulse jumped. Adrenaline accelerated her heart, driving pulsating warmth through her body at what she saw.

No more than early thirties and tall, probably six-three, he had a young man’s build—broad, muscular shoulders and a trim waist. Shoulder-length hair, shiny and clean, in a deep cocoa shade, matched his brows and shadow of beard. His sculpted mouth and straight nose added to his male beauty, though his eyes captured most of Summer’s attention.

An incredible bluish gray, they seemed translucent behind his sooty lashes, knowing, focused as he kept his attention on Hogan, speaking in low tones to him and to Farrell, another of Anthony’s men who’d escorted him to the suite.

Forgotten for the moment, Summer allowed her gaze to roam the stranger, dressed casually but expensively in a black leather coat reaching his knees, a dove gray crew-neck sweater, charcoal pants and dress boots. Sparks of interest stirred her heart, feeding her foolish fantasy that he was here to pick her up for their date. That she’d be safe in his arms, cherished, protected.

Buy link: http://www.jasminejade.com/ps-8593-50-in-his-arms.aspx

To celebrate the release of In His Arms, I’m offering a contest today. One lucky commenter will have her choice of one of my following books**:

1. Lush Velvet Nights – ebook
2. Adored – ebook
3. Deep, Dark, Delicious – ebook
4. Close to Perfect – mass market paperback
5. Bad Boys with Red Roses – trade paperback
6. Take My Breath Away – trade paperback

** Winner chosen at random. Winner in continental US has her choice of one of the six. Winner outside continental US has her choice of one of the ebooks.

Well its been nice to have Tina here today and I hope that you all enjoyed her interview as well as her excerpt. She is a talented author who I think we will be seeing a lot of.

Kristal McKerrington. 

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